Barbara Klemm (German, b. 1939)

Barbara Klemm (German, b. 1939)

Three Photographs: Berlin, 10 November 1989, alternatively titled Fall der Mauer, 1989, titled l.l. and signed "B. Klemm" l.r., gelatin silver print, image size 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (19.1 x 27.3 cm), matted, framed; Abgelehnt Vergangenheit, Moskau, 1991, titled l.l. and signed "B. Klemm" l.r., gelatin silver print, image size 7 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. (19.1 x 28.2 cm), unmatted, unframed; and M. Gorbachev, H. Kohl im Kreml, titled l.l. and signed "Barbara Klemm" l.r., gelatin silver print, image size 7 13/16 x 10 7/16 in. (19.9 x 26.5 cm), unmatted, unframed.
Condition: Berlin with soft crease along upper edge, scattered minor indentations visible in raking light, minor foxing; Moskau with yellowing along image border possibly mat burn, scattered surface abrasions; Gorbachev with mat burn, discoloration, accretions to the center, scattered abrasions, soft horizontal crease running throughout only visible in raking light.

N.B. Barbara Klemm has worked as a photojournalist for four decades and in her time has covered many historical and cultural events in German history. The daughter of two artistic parents, Klemm started making photographs as a teenager during an apprenticeship at a portrait studio and shortly after began working at the renowned German press agency Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. She chronicled German society as a press photographer for the agency from 1970 until her retirement in 2004. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to Christo and Jean-Claude wrapping the Reichstag, Klemm captured the moments in photographs that were published in a newspapers, magazines, and books across Germany.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Frame dimensions 16 x 18 1/2 in.
Sheet dimensions 9 3/8 x 12 in.

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